Cybersecurity company FireEye first disclosed they were the target of a cyber attack exploiting a vulnerability in the SolarWinds Orion IT platform.
The hack compromised data and supply chain management of government and private enterprises, including most Fortune 500 companies, the top 10 telecommunication companies, and the Office of the President of the United States
- Highly Evasive Attacker Leverages SolarWinds Supply Chain to Compromise Multiple Global Victims With SUNBURST Backdoor www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/evasive-attacker-leverages-solarwinds-supply-chain-compromises-with-sunburst-backdoor
- SUNBURST & UNC2452: SolarWinds Breach Resource Center www.mandiant.com/solarwinds-break-resource-center
- SolarWinds hack explained: Everything you need to know www.techtarget.com/whatis/feature/SolarWinds-hack-explained-Everything-you-need-to-know
- Suspected Russian hackers spied on U.S. Treasury emails - sources www.reuters.com/world/us/suspected-russian-hackers-spied-us-treasury-emails-sources-2020-12-13
- The FireEye SolarWinds Orion Platform Attack medium.com/@qwinnazagrace/the-fireeye-solarwinds-orion-platform-attack-1acc126a29a7
